Meanings
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1
noun
The quality of seeming reasonable or likely to be true.
The plausibility of her story convinced the jury.
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2
noun
A false appearance of truth used to deceive.
The scam relied on the plausibility of its official-looking letters.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
noun
· a false appearance of truth...
speciousness
Word family
Forms
plausibilities
Derived forms
implausibility
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās.
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